Tripoli , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Documents showing that China offered to sell arms to Moammar Gadhafi in the waning days of his rule are `` the real deal , '' a senior member of Libya 's transitional government said Monday .

The comment follows a report by Canada 's The Globe and Mail newspaper saying that state-controlled Chinese arms manufacturers were prepared to sell at least $ 200 million worth of weapons to Gadhafi , which would have violated U.N. resolutions banning such transactions .

The Globe and Mail said one of its reporters found the documents , in Arabic , in a pile of trash in Tripoli 's Bab Akkarah neighborhood , an enclave that was home to some of Gadhafi 's most loyal supporters .

The documents , which were posted Sunday on the website of the Toronto-based newspaper , do not confirm whether any military assistance was delivered to Libya . However , Libya 's National Transitional Council said it appears deliveries might have been made .

`` We found several documents that showed us orders , very large orders , of arms and ammunition specifically from China , and now we do know that some of the things that were on the list are here on the ground , and they came in over the last two to six months , '' said Abdulrahman Busin , NTC spokesman .

He said it is unclear whether the exact list on the document was delivered , `` but there were many things on that list that are here , and these are brand-new equipment , brand-new weapons , brand-new boxes of ammunition that have n't been opened yet , that were clearly delivered only in the last few months .

`` Do n't forget that we have many of the generals and high commanders who defected some time ago who know Gadhafi 's regime very , very well , know what he has and does n't have , and we know 100 % that there was a lot of weapons and arms that were delivered to Gadhafi over the last few months -- during the war and during the sanctions , '' Busin said .

And Mohamed Sayeh , a member of the NTC , said Libya 's new leaders have seen the documents .

`` This deal is a real deal and we have seen the official documents , '' he said . `` It was signed by Chinese officials , and it was to send guns and artillery to Libya through Algiers to expedite the deal . ''

China says it followed U.N. Security Council resolutions that banned the export of arms to Gadhafi 's government .

`` The Gadhafi regime sent people to China to engage in contact with certain individuals of relevant Chinese companies in July without the knowledge of the Chinese government departments , '' Jiang Yu , a spokeswoman for China 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs , told CNN .

`` Chinese companies have not signed any military trade contracts with Libya -- let alone provided military exports to Libya . ''

The report comes after fighters from the NTC overran Tripoli and ousted Gadhafi , whose whereabouts remained unknown . In a phone interview with the Syrian-based al-Rai television network , a man identified as Gadhafi spokesman Musa Ibrahim declared the fugitive Libyan strongman `` remains patient '' and planning a counterattack against the rebel movement that drove him from power .

`` I tell the Libyan people not to surrender to the gangs and that the end is near , '' Ibrahim said late Monday .

Transitional government troops are perched on the outskirts of one of Gadhafi 's last bastions of support , with Libya 's new leaders giving Gadhafi loyalists in Sirte , Bani Walid and a handful of other towns until Saturday to surrender or face attack . But Ibrahim said there was `` ongoing resistance '' in areas that Gadhafi has lost , and that Gadhafi `` is inside of Libya fighting . ''

`` The Libyan forces are still present , '' he said . `` We will protect the liberated cities and will get back the cities that were robbed from us , in a legal way and at the right time . ''

Meanwhile , the NTC says it is moving its headquarters from Benghazi to Tripoli this week to begin implementing its plans for a new future for Libya . And the British government announced Monday that it had re-established its diplomatic mission in Tripoli , led by an acting special representative , Dominic Asquith .

`` The arrival of this team marks another significant step in the UK 's relations with the new Libya , and reflects the progress the NTC has made in improving security and stability on the ground , '' Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement announcing the move .

The documents NTC officials were examining Monday detailed a trip by Gadhafi 's security officials to Beijing on July 16 during which they met with four state-controlled weapons manufacturers , the newspaper reported .

`` The companies suggest that they make the contracts with either Algeria or South Africa , because those countries previously worked with China , '' the documents say .

According to the newspaper , the documents show the Chinese companies noted that many of the items wanted by Gadhafi were in Algeria and could quickly be moved across the Libyan border .

The Chinese said they would replace the Algerian arms sent to Libya , the document said .

Busin said Mustafa Abdul Jalil , NTC chairman , has `` made it very , very clear that anybody who has helped and supported and stood by Gadhafi over the months would not be greeted well . ''

China abstained from voting on a Security Council resolution in March that authorized the protection of Libyan civilians by any means necessary , with the exception of a ground invasion . China , however , did approve a Security Council resolution that banned military assistance , including the sale of weapons , to Gadhafi 's government .

China , Algeria and South Africa have opposed the NATO bombing campaign in Libya , and the three countries were slow to recognize the authority of the National Transitional Council as Libya 's legitimate authority .

Sayeh said the NTC was amazed that the deal was discussed at a time when Gadhafi 's forces were killing `` thousands and thousands of Libyans , and it was done by two U.N. members '' who signed the arms embargo .

`` We will not forget but we will forgive , and we will start all over again , '' Sayeh told CNN .

Gadhafi 's wife , two sons and other relatives fled to Algeria recently , deepening mistrust between the NTC and Libya 's neighbor . Algeria said it acted on humanitarian grounds , but it angered the NTC .

The transitional council has accused Algeria of supporting the Gadhafi regime . Algerians also complained to the United Nations about damage done to their embassy soon after NTC fighters entered Tripoli .

Algeria will in the future recognize the NTC as the government in Libya , Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci told French radio network Europe 1 last week .

`` The NTC has said it is going to set up a government representative of all regions , and when it has done that , we 'll recognize it , '' Medelci said .

Meanwhile , the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday said 23 Ukrainian citizens working at Libyan oil industry facilities were arrested .

No official charges have been filed , the ministry said in a statement , adding that because of the fighting in the Libyan capital , the NTC is looking at all foreigners in Tripoli with suspicion .

The Ukrainian Embassy in Tripoli and the ministry are rendering proper consular assistance to those arrested , the ministry said . As a result , one person was released on Sunday and the others are undergoing security checks , according to the statement .

`` Embassy officials are regularly visiting our citizens , examining their conditions and pursuing active steps for their liberation and further return home , '' the ministry said .

Ukrainian news agencies on Monday quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Voloshin as telling reporters that those detained have food and water and there is no threat to their lives .

CNN 's Eunice Yoon , Haolan Hong , Maxim Tkachenko and Ingrid Formanek contributed to this report .

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NEW : Gadhafi spokesman urges Libyans `` not to surrender to the gangs ''

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Documents suggest Gadhafi sought weapons from China

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China says its companies did not sell arms to Libya